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12:40 PM ET, September 24, 2009

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Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Effort to replace Kennedy hits snag  —  The Massachusetts Legislature on Wednesday granted Gov. Deval Patrick the power to appoint a temporary replacement for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, but with one catch: when the appointment can be made.  —  Lawmakers declined to allow the law …
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Boston Globe:
Kirk named interim senator  —  Governor Deval Patrick today named Paul G. Kirk Jr. to serve as interim US senator, making the announcement in the presence of the immediate family of the late Edward M. Kennedy.  —  “He is a distinguished lawyer, volunteer, and citizen, and he shares the sense …
CNN:
Paul Kirk to fill Kennedy's Senate seat  —  (CNN) — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick named Paul G. Kirk as the interim U.S. senator from Massachusetts on Thursday.  —  Kirk will fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of former Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.  Patrick said Kirk will begin serving immediately.
Discussion: Townhall.com and The Nation
Michelle Malkin:
“Mmm mmm mmm:” New details about the Dear Leader song video; Update: School responds  —  Scroll for updates...  Photoshop: Leo Alberti  —  In case you were wondering which school taught kids that “Barack Hussein Obama mmm mmm mmm” rap that I posted yesterday afternoon, here are some new details.
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Gateway Pundit:
Sick.  School Children Taught to Sing Praises to Obama  —  The radical left is now teaching American youth to sing praises to Obama:  —  Hat Tip Steve Tum  —  From the video: This was filmed around June 19, 2009 at the B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, NJ.  —  Barack Hussein Obama
Discussion: Exurban League
National Review:
Kidz4Change: Singing to Dear Leader [Guy Benson]
Discussion: QandO
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Publius / Big Government:
BREAKING** ACORN Sues Hidden-Camera Filmmakers, Breitbart.com
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama to Use Current Law to Support Detentions  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has decided not to seek new legislation from Congress authorizing the indefinite detention of about 50 terrorism suspects being held without charges at at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, officials said Wednesday.
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Federal Eye:
Eye Opener: Census Worker Found Hanged  —  A part-time Census Bureau field worker was found hanged in Kentucky Sept. 12 with the word “fed” scrawled across his chest, according to a law enforcement source.  Bill Sparkman, 51 was found in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest …
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Matt Kelley / USA Today:
Stimulus funds boost number of federal jobs
Discussion: ProPublica
Associated Press:
AP source: Census worker hanged with ‘fed’ on body
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Dem campaign anxiety: Vulnerables say they lack cover from Pelosi  —  Politically vulnerable Democrats say Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House leaders aren't offering them the protection from tough votes that they did in the last Congress.  —  Conservative Democrats fear that dozens …
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The Huffington Post:
Dog Fight: Dueling Whip Counts Hold Fate Of Public Option
Discussion: Open Left
Megan Fox / New York Post:
Prez comes across as a gullible sap  —  President Obama yesterday did his best impression of a high-school soph omore participating in his first Model UN meeting, retailing pious clichés he learned from his pony-tailed social studies teacher.  —  Even Woodrow Wilson might have blanched …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin breaks with McCain on F-22 cuts  —  Sarah Palin, outlying her “common sense conservative” foreign policy views in Hong Kong yesterday, denounced her former running mate's push to cut new F-22 Raptor fighter jets, an efficiency move in which Senator John McCain allied himself …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and GOP 12
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Rich Lowry / The Corner on National Review Online:
Palin's Hong Kong Speech — By: Rich Lowry
Frances Robles / MiamiHerald.com:
They're torturing me, Honduras' Zelaya claims  —  Honduras' fallen leader told The Miami Herald he is being subjected to mind-altering gas and radiation — and that ‘Israeli mercenaries’ are planning to assassinate him.  —  FROBLES@MIAMIHERALD.COM  —  TEGUCIGALPA — It's been 89 days since Manuel Zelaya was booted from power.
Andrew Porter / Telegraph:
Barack Obama rebuffs Gordon Brown as ‘special relationship’ sinks to new low  —  Gordon Brown has been snubbed repeatedly by Barack Obama during his trip to the United States, as the fall-out from the release of the Lockerbie bomber appeared to have left “the special relationship” at its lowest ebb for nearly 20 years.
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BBC:
Brown denies ‘Obama snub’
Discussion: PoliBlog and The Page
Ben Johnson / NewsReal Blog:
MSNBC Commentator: Republicans “Want to See You Dead...They Kinda Like It When That Woman Has Cancer”  —  Click to see Ed Schultz's unhinged meltdown.  —  On the Wednesday evening edition of “The Ed Show,” MSNBC commentator Ed Schultz stated that Republicans want Americans to die …
Discussion: PoliGazette and The Greenroom
New York Times:
New York Police Official in Terror Unit Is Removed  —  The New York Police Department has removed a senior official from one of its two sometimes competing antiterrorism units, after it played a role in disrupting a sensitive federal terrorism investigation, current and former police officials said on Wednesday.
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Mondale: Racial ‘edge’ to Obama foes  —  Former Vice President Walter Mondale joined his old boss Jimmy Carter Wednesday, arguing that some of the opposition to President Obama's agenda is fueled by racial animus.  —  Asked at an event in Washington whether he agreed with former President Carter …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
LOOK WHO'LL BE ON THE TEEVEE (AGAIN).... ABC News announced the guest list for Sunday's episode of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” and you'll never guess who's going to be on.  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will go first, followed by the guy who didn't win last year's presidential election.
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
King: Same-Sex Marriage Is ‘A Purely Socialist Concept’  —  In April, when the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously struck down a state law defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) called it an “unconstitutional” decision and predicted that it could lead to Iowa becoming “the gay marriage Mecca.”
Gene Lyons / Salon:
The public knows the GOP is fibbing  —  Only Republicans really buy the anti-healthcare reform lies.  So why are some Dems settling for such an awful bill?  —  President Obama appears at a town hall meeting on healthcare reform in Raleigh, N.C., in July.  —  “I can't tell you how many …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Hullabaloo
Forbes:
Health, Race And Obama  —  America's real and imagined grievances.  —  After an exceedingly disappointing 10 months in office pursuing a hyper-partisan agenda, President Barack Obama reminded me last week of why, for a brief moment during his campaign eons ago last year, he actually won my heart.
Maxim Lott / Fox News:
Critics Assail Obama's ‘Safe Schools’ Czar, Say He's Wrong Man for the Job  —  Critics say Kevin Jennings is too radical for the job of director of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, citing what they say is his promotion of homosexuality in schools, his writings about his past drug abuse and his onetime contempt for religion.
Gallup:
Seniors Lean Against New Healthcare Law  —  Demographic analysis also reveals distinctions by race, income, and education  —  PRINCETON, NJ — There are significant differences in views on a new healthcare law by age.  The youngest Americans, aged 18-29, favor it by a 13-point margin …
Discussion: The Plum Line and QandO
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Environmentalists Seek to Wipe Out Plush Toilet Paper  —  Soft Toilet Paper's Hard on the Earth, But Will We Sit for the Alternative?  —  By David A. Fahrenthold, Page A01  —  ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — There is a battle for America's behinds.
Don Loos / Big Government:
Obama Administration Moves to Shutdown Disclosure of Big Labor-ACORN Connections  —  Even before U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis was sworn in, Big Labor insiders like AFL-CIO lawyer and Obama appointee Deborah Greenfield were busily dismantling useful union financial disclosures produced by former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao.
 
 
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Mallary Jean Tenore / poynter.org:
News Consumer Study: Media Helped Elect and Continue to Promote Obama
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Iowa Governor's Race
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Sleep-deprived senators start the day bickering
Discussion: The Note
Big Hollywood:
Enviros Use ACORN Tactics and Attack the Journalist (Literally)
Discussion: The Jawa Report
BBC:
Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found
Discussion: On Deadline
John D. Stoll / Wall Street Journal:
GMAC Uses New Strength to Expand
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama Pushes for Nuke-Free World
Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
Why the 6-Week Deadline for Health Care Matters
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Karen Schuberg / CNSNews:
Obama's Policies Would Redistribute Nearly $1 Trillion in Wealth Every Year
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Obama's ‘Policy Presidency’
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